“It would be a great opportunity to help people, so it’s possible. This past election shows that anything can happen.”

Speaking back in July, he said: “As time goes on, [I will] take the temperature of the American people.

“If it is a very real, overwhelming, positive, strong, ‘We want you to run for president’, and I felt that I can step up to the place and become a tremendous leader for our country, and make a real difference and make change, I would do it.